Scholarship

The ACEC Oregon Scholarship Committee awards $3,000 per year to undergraduate engineering students attending Oregon colleges and universities. The annual recipient may remain on scholarship for four years as long as they meet the eligibility criteria.
 
The scholarship was created to encourage incoming freshmen to choose engineering as a major and to promote the consulting engineering profession.
 
The ACEC Oregon Board of Directors and Scholarship Committee are asking member firms to boost the profession with a gift to the scholarship fund.
 
Please consider joining your fellow member firms in creating a named scholarship for $3,000, or making a donation to the general fund.

ACEC Oregon Scholarship committee member Ron Vandehey talks about the importance of the scholarship fund and giving back to the profession.
 
Click HERE to donate now. 

Or, click HERE for a pledge form to be invoiced, or contact ktodd@acecoregon.org. 

Thank You, Named Scholarship & Annual Contributors
for your ongoing support! 

Check back in November 2026 for applications.

Eligible high school seniors encouraged to apply for ACEC Oregon scholarship
Deadline is March TBD 2027. (Early bird deadline is February TBD 2027! (apply at https://osacapps.hecc.oregon.gov/Catalog/Default.aspx) 

ELIGIBILITY/REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be either a graduating high school senior (including GED students and home-schooled seniors) or have had no previous college education.
• GPA: 3.30+
• Minimum verbal on SAT of 500 + minimum math on SAT of 600, or ACT composite of 28+
• Major: Civil, electrical, environmental or mechanical engineering. Excludes computer and biomedical engineering. 
• Career field (preference): Applicants interested in the consulting engineering profession
• Colleges: Any Oregon four-year college that offers Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology accredited programs in the major fields of study (currently OIT, OSU, PSU, George Fox, University of Portland; check with your college if unsure of its accreditation) 
• Enrollment: Full-time enrollment required. 
• FAFSA: Not required - not based on financial need 
• Automatically renewable if criteria met

To get started, go to https://osacapps.hecc.oregon.gov/Catalog/Default.aspx. Apply for scholarship 371: American Council of Engineering Companies of Oregon. The OSAC (Oregon Student Assistance Commission) scholarship application provides applicants with one easy application to apply for multiple scholarships at one time. OSAC awards more than $10 million in scholarships annually through more than 600 scholarships. 

DEADLINES:
(As stated here: https://www.oregonstudentaid.gov/scholarships/.) 

• Opens November 1, 2026
• February TBD, 2027 - 5:00 p.m. PST: Early Bird deadline. 
• March TBD 2027 - 5:00 p.m. PST: Final deadline for all application materials to be submitted. 

More info: www.OregonStudentAid.gov